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Europe has a handful of AI stocks including world-leading chip equipment maker ASML.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was both shot in the format and shown that way at a handful of venues worldwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"There's a handful of women that I've worked with that I really liked, and I really loved working with her, but I also know that she was really lonely."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is also surprisingly simple, relying on only a handful of adjustable parameters and a small number of assumptions within the framework of general relativity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
We have to go with Clare to a dark place—a very dark place indeed—a place where few foxes and only a handful of elk and absolutely no badgers have ever gone before.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Dozens of Khan supporters gathered near the private hospital, while others flung handfuls of red flower petals at passing cars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Workers bend the branches down with a hook-shaped tool made of PVC pipe, helping people reach handfuls of cherries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
A few handfuls of oats, pistachios or pecans, butter, maple syrup.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Mourners on this occasion are invited to cast Lizzie’s stones into the ocean, and handfuls of her ashes go in, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Grace joined him, tossing two handfuls of gold coins up into the air.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
